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By JACOB HOKE, 

Author of "The Great Invasion." 



DAYTON, OHIO: 



"The Great Invasion,' and What is Said About It. 



Baltimore Sun: — " 'The Great Invasion of 1863,' by Jacob Hoke. It gives 
evidence of care, and as far as we can see, of substantial accuracy. Certainly 
Mr. Hoke has been very industrious, and is creditably impartial from a North- 
ern stand-point. The book is well fitted for an excellent, clear, and popular 
account of the campaign of L,ee. " 

New York Evening Post: — "There have been many volumes and maga- 
zine articles written about the Gettysburg campaign of the Civil War, but all 
of these fall short of giving an}' adequate idea of the invasion. From what 
he saw at that time, and from a wide colle(5lion of documents and volumes on 
the subjedt, the author has told, in great detail, the history of these move- 
ments. He has taken special care to have facfls and dates exacfl. " 

Minneapolis Coviniercial Bulletin: — " 'The Great Invasion,' is the title of 
one of the most interesting historical works on the late war yet published. 
This history is the only complete and detailed one yet given to the public 
upon one of the greatest campaigns of our late Civil War. The book is an 
octavo, printed on first-class, highly finished paper, from clear, open type, 
with fine maps and choice illustrations, and is handsomely bound." 

Ledger and Transcript: — "So much has been written about the battle of 
Gettysburg that it seems as if there were no room for another book of the 
kind, except by the commanders of troops, able to give personal reminis- 
cences. Yet this richness of Gettj'sburg histories has probablj' helped to in- 
cite the publication of Mr. Hoke's full and complete history of the invasion. 
The account of the battle of Gettj'sburg presents it from every point of view, 
and as INIr. Hoke was a civilian, he distributes the glor}' of that great engage- 
ment as Lincoln would have distributed it — impartially to all who heljied to 
win the victory." 

Baltimore Telegram: — "'The Great Invasion,' by Jacob Hoke. The litera- 
ture of the late war seems exhaustless; indeed, the book market and manj' of 
the newspapers are flooded with it. Much of it is pure fiction or romance, 
and for historical knowledge is more or less worthless. A recent contribu- 
tion, however, to the records of the great conflicfl, of unusual importance, is 
this work of Mr. Hoke's on 'The Great Invasion.' No work relating to this 
period of the war, and especiallj- to the battle of Gettysburg, yet written, 
compares with Mr. Hoke's, in the fullness of its information, arrangement 
of detail, and conscientious truthfulness." 

Washington, D. C, National Tribune: — "This splendid volume of six 
hundred pages is the most complete and detailed history j-et given to the pub- 
lic of one of the greatest of the campaigns of our late Civil War. It not only 
gives the details of the three days of terrible battle at Gettysburg, but it 
embraces a complete summary of events which transpired within the two 
great opposing armies from the time of their departure from their encamp- 
ments upon the Rappahannock, in Virginia, until thej- stood face to face 
upon the soil of Pennsylvania, and until they again, after the tremendous 
ordeal at Gettysburg, recrossed the Potomac and resumed their former posi- 
tions. " 



THE BATTLE-FIELD 

OF 

(3rETTirSBUKLG. 



Visitors to Gettysburg should bear in mind that the field 
of battle extends over about twenty-five square miles; and 
while events of thrilling interest occurred at every portion, 
a few points only, which possess special interest, and from 
which a general view of the whole may be had, can be visited 
by those whose time is limited. To such as have but a day, 
or part of a day, to rpend in inspecting the field, the follow- 
ing directions will be of value. 

In approaching Gettysburg from the north, you paSs along 
and through part of the battle-field of the first day. The 
wooded elevation to your right, just before entering the sub- 
urbs of the town, is Oak Hill. The line of battle extended 
from this ridge in a northeasterly direction for nearly a mile, 
and southward along this hill and Seminary Ridge, which is 
seen to your right, down below the Theological Seminary, 
which, surmounted by a cupola, is seen in the distance. That 
large white building to your left is Pennsylvania College. 
This building fronts south, and from it, to the right, that part 
of Seminary Ridge where the battle of the first day commenced, 
is seen. The college was used as a hospital during and after 
the battle, and from its cupola General Lee took observations. 



'-Copyright, 1887, by W. J. Shuet. 



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2 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG, 

Thr first street, or road, leading out of the t<j\vu in a west- 
erly direction, iind crossing .Seminary Kidge, is the Chaml>ers- 
burg i^ike. By this road the principal part of the Confederate 
Army came, and by it their great wagon -train of wounded 
retreated after the close of the three days of battle. Along- 
side this road, a short distance out, stands a stone house, in 
which General Lee had his headquarters. The cut annexed 
is a correct view of that place. 







GENERAL LEE'S HEADQUARTERS. 

The next road after this, which crosses Seminary Ridge in a 
southwesterly direction, below the seminary, is the Fairfield 
road. It crosses the South Mountain by Monterey Pass. Up- 
on this road the Confederate Army retreated after the battle. 
Approaching the town, Gulp's Hill is seen to your left, and 
East Cemetery Hill, crowned by the "Stars and Stripes," rises 
to view j ust beyond the town. 






THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. O 

Arrived at Gettysburg, you will proceed first to East Ceme- 
tery Hill. This stands at the southern edge of the town, and 
you reach it bv going out Baltimore Street, or the Baltimore 
pike. This " Mount of Salvation," with its breastworks yet re- 
maining, thrown up at the time and surmounted by cannon, 
is the place where the patriot troops Avere rallied after their 
disastrous retreat from the field Avest and north of the town, on 
the first day. It was the center of the Federal position during 
the engagements of the second and third days. And here, in 
the evening of the second day, the most desperate hand to 
hand fighting took place. The Louisiana Tigers charged up 




EAST CEMETERY HILL, W'HERE THE UNION FORCES WERE RALLIED. 

this hill and captured the guns, but after a desperate and ter- 
rific fight, in which the butts of guns, cannon rammers, and 
stones were used, these brave fighters were driven away. In. 



4 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 

their retreat a battery ntationed to your right, across that de- 
l)ression, swept through and through them Avith grape and can- 
ister. Hoke's brigade, of Early's division, made a similar dash 
up this depression, but were also repulsed with great slaughter. 
From this elevated position, you have an excellent view 
of the scene of the first day's engagement. From Seminary 
Ridge, about one mile to tlie west, and a half mile to the south 
of the Theological Seminary, to about two miles to the north 
and northeast, the line of battle extended. Over the fields 
intervening the conllict raged; and when the Federals were 
compelled to fall back, they retreated over these and through 
the town to the hill upon which you stand. 




gulp's hill, from evergreen cemetery and BALTIMORE PIKE. 

Toward the east — but about half a mile — is Gulp's Hill, a 
view of which is given, as Avell as of some of the breast-works 
occupied by the Federals. The marks of the bullets upon 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. O 

the trees are yet visible. Upon this hill the Union line ter- 
minated. A short distance farther east is Spangler's Spring? 
where, on the evening of the second day of the battle, John- 
son's division, in the absence of nearly the whole of the 
Twelfth Corps, which was posted upon that part of the line 
and had been sent to assist in repelling Longstreet's assault 
upon the left, succeeded in obtaining an entrance, which, had 
it been followed up, might have proved fatal to the Federals. 
This i^osition the Confederates held during the night, but were 
driven out in the morning, after a fearful and desperate en- 
gagement of six hours' duration. 




FEDERAL BREAST-WORKS UPON CULP'S HILL. 

Returning from Culp's Hill, we enter the Soldiers' Nation- 
al Cemetery, and view the beautiful resting-place of the 
heroic slain, a view of which we give. 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 



There are interred here three thousand five hundred and 
iifty-fiye Union soldiers. They were from the following States : 
Maine, 104 ; New Hampshire, 48 ; Vermont, 61 ; INIassachusetts, 
159; Rhode Island, 12; Connecticut, 22; New York, 866; New 
Jersey, 78; Pennsylvania, 526; Delaware, 15; Maryland, 22; 
West Virginia, 11; Ohio, 131; Indiana, SO; Illinois, 6; Mich- 
igan, 171 ; ^yisconsin, 73 ; Minnesota, 52 ; United States Regu- 
lars, 138; unknown, 979. The unknown were either so ter- 




GENERAL EEYNOLDs' MONUMENT IN THE SOLDIEKS' NATIONAL 
CEMETERY, AT GETTYSBURG. 

ribly mangled thaf they could not be recognized, or were slain 
on the first day of the battle, and had lain in the sun and rain 
until recognition Avas impossible. 

Not all the gallant heroes who fell upon this historic field 
were buried here. Many were taken away by their friends 





THE soldiers' MONUMENT. 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. \) 

and interred among their own kindred, and many others who 
"were wounded and taken to their homes, or to distant hos- 
pitals, and died there, were laid away to rest where they died. 

" 'Tis holy ground — 
This spot, where, in their graves, 
Are placed our country's braves. 
Who fell in freedom's holy cause, 
Fighting for liberties and laws: 
Let tears abound. 

' ' Here where they fell, 
Oft shall the widow's tears be shed; 
Oft shall lond parents mourn their dead; 
The orphan here shall kneel and weep, 
And maidens where their lovers sleep, 
Their woes to tell. 

"Here let them rest: 
And summer's heat and winter's cold 
Shall glow and freeze above their mould — 
A thousand j-ears shall pass away — 
A nation still shall mourn their clay. 
Which now is blest." 

Standing upon the spot where the platform was erected up- 
on which President Lincoln stood when he delivered his im- 
mortal dedicatory address, is the Soldiers' National Monu- 
ment. This is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful works of 
art upon the continent. A view of it is given. 

That bronzed statue upon the granite j^edestal, near the 
entrance, a view of which is given, is to the heroic, the gallant 
Reynolds. Although the place where he fell is a mile distant, 
and his body is buried at Lancaster, Penn., his statue was 
placed here. It was but right that in the absence of himself, 
that which represents him should be j^laced among his gallant 
comiades. 

From the cemetery you have an excellent view of the Con- 
federate position of the second and third days. The view 
here introduced is from the Soldiers' National Monument. 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 



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The stone wall marks the Union line on the second and third 
days. Seminary Ridg.e is seen in the distance. The left of 
Reynolds' corps occupied the part of this ridge which is seen 
looking west, in the first day's engagement, and Hill's Confed- 
erate corps, facing- oast, on the second and third. The South 
Mountain is seen in the distance. The extension of this ridge, 
shoAving the Confederate line to its termination, opposite Big 
Round Top, is shown on page 10. Upon that ridge their line 
was formed, and all along it, down to Round Top, and through 
the town, and all around to the northeast of it. — a distance from 




AVHERE GENERAL REYNOLDS FELL. 

one extreme to the other of about four and a half miles, — a 
-line of l)ristling bayonets stood. And all along that ridge, as 
well as upon eleyated positions to the north, and northeast, 
across the fields and beyond the town, their batteries were 



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THE BATTr.K-rii:i.I) OK fiETTYSBURG. 



planted. These all in terrible concert ojjened upon the place 
where you stand, and the ground all about you was torn and 
ploughed Avith shot and shell, and almost every foot of it was 
hallDwcd with patriot Ijloud. From the cemetery, too, a view 
can l)e had of the headquarters of General Meade, a cut of 
which is given. 




GENERAL MEADE S IIEAr)QI^A.RTERS. 

Having satisfied your curiosity, or spent as much time as 
you have at your disposal, in looking about this part of the 
field, you will next proceed to the other end of the Federal 
line. You can j^ass down hy the avenue laid out where the 
Federal line lay, or by the Emmittsburg road to the Peach 
Orchard, and thence to Round Top, or by rail. In passing 
by either of the latter, you go between the lines of the two 
armies. In two illustrations previously given. Seminary Ridge, 



THE BATTLP>FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 13 

from the point at which the Chambersl)urg pike crosses it, to 
opposite Round Top, — along -wliich the Confederate line lay, — 
has been shown. The reader will see, in the following illus- 
tration, a view of Cemetery Hill and Ridge, upon which the 
Federal line rested. Seminary Hill and Ridge are visible in 
the distance, along the upper line. Gettysburg lies a little to 
the right of the lower right corner of the picture. In passing 
down, then, you have Seminary Ridge on your right, and 
Cemetery Ridge upon your left. That dilapidated yellow frame 
house, ivith a barn ojjening toward you, al)out two hundred yards 
to the right of the railroad, and just on the crossing of that 
lane, marks the extreme left of Pickett's great assaulting 
column. On your left you will see, on the slope of the hill, 
a clump of trees, one of which is umbrella-shaped. The illustra- 
tion will give you an excellent view of that place. 

That umbrella-shaped tree was the center and focus of Pickett's 
great charge. It was at that point he directed his men to aim, 
and it was there the Federal line was pierced. There General 
Armistead was killed, and near it Hancock was wounded. This 
place, by general consent, has been designated the ^^Hlgh Water 
Mark of the Rebellion.'^ There it reached its highest — its su- 
preme effort, and there it received its death-wounch To the 
right of the railroad, and just by the Emmittsburg road, you 
will see a brick house and. red barn. These are Coclori's, so fre- 
quently spoken of in the history of tliis battle. These build- 
ings mark about the center of Piekeffs assaulting column. In and 
behind that grove, about a half a mile to your right, — the west, 
— upon Seminary Ridge, this column of attack was formed, 
and it passed over the ground upon which you are. The guns 
from Little Round Top and East Cemetery Hill j)loughed 
through and through them diagonally from right to left, and 
from left to right, covering the ground Avith the slain. 

Arriving at Little Round Top (you leave the cars at Round 
Top Park, upon the east), you ascend by a gradual slope to the 
summit. The ground over which you pass is historic ; over 



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THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBUEG. 15 

it the Union forces moved to charge the enemy. Little Round 
Top was the key to the field, and to seize and hold it the Con- 
federates made the most determined and desperate efforts, but 
were met and driven back by the brave Union defenders. This 
hill was baptized with patriot blood. That monument which 
stands out so conspicuously marks the spot where the brave 
General Strong Vincent fell. But a few feet to its rear General 
Weed fell by a bullet from a Confederate sharp-shooter from the 
"Devil's Den," and Lieutenant Hazlett, in the act of catching 
him in his arms, also fell, pierced by a bullet from the same 
place. Near by, too, fell the young, the lamented Colonel 
O'Rourke, while bravely leading his regiment against the foe. 
There to your left, where the ground begins to slope towards 
the depression, between Little and Big Round Tops, the heroic 
Chamberlain threw his hardy sons of Maine into the form of 
the letter U to meet the foe, who pressed upon him from every 
side. And down through the depression, between these two 
hills, the Pennsylvania Reserves made their desperate charge, 
driving the enemy before them, and this ''Hill of Salvation'' was^ 
saved to the Union. And when the Federals, by main force, 
succeeded in planting their cannon upon its rock-crowned hYO^y, 
it became a Gibraltar, and victory was assured to the cause of 
Freedom. Does it not seem that God planted that rock-covered 
and rock-crowned hill just at that place, with its bold, pre- 
cipitous, and almost inaccessible side to the enemy, and its 
comparatively gentle elevation to the Federals, for the express 
purpose of saving the American Union ? 

But let us sit down now, and with the aid of this l)eautiful 
illustration, take a more extended view of the field. This 
view, as its title indicates, gives you a northeastern outlook. But 
in order that vou may have a correct understanding of the 
situation, vou will bear in mind that the Federal line was in 
the shape of n fish-hook. The heel of that hook rested upon 
the hill where you are now sitting, its curve upon East Ceme- 
tery Hill,— the high ground which is seen about three miles 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 17 

off to the right, — and its point upon Cidp's Hill, which lies 
further to the right, or about a half mile southeast of Ceme- 
tery Hill. Gulp's Hill cannot be seen in this picture. The 
Federal line, then, on the second and third days of the battle, 
extended from Round Top, and in front of it, up across the 
ground between you and that elevation in the extreme right, 
and then curving in an easterly, and then in a southeasterly 
direction, ended upon Culp's Hill — the whole about three 
and a half miles in length. Seminary Ridge, upon Avhich the 
Confederate line lay, up as far as where the Chambersburg 
pike crosses it, is faintly seen in the distance. This view em- 
braces the whole field, from the Federal left to the center, and 
all the ground Avithin view was fought over. 

But we introduce another \ieyv from this same hill, looking 
west and northwest. 

This view presents the theater of the greatest events in 
human history. Within an area scarcely a mile sc[uare, and 
directly in front of you (the corps mark on the monument 
marks its eastern side, or the side fronting you), amidst those 
fields, and woods, and rocks, and stones, fifty thousand armed 
men, like two mighty wrestlers, struggled and fought for four 
hours for the mastery, strewing the ground with their slain. 
But let me particularize. The ridge, or high ground, you see 
in the distance, and which extends from one end of the pict- 
ure to the other, is Seminary Ridge, along which the Confeder- 
ate line lay during the battles of the second and third days. 
Codori's house and barn are off there to the right of that grove, 
to the northwest. The Emmittsburg road, which leaves the 
town close by the western base of East Cemetery Hill, or near 
the curve of the fish-hook, passes by that house and barn. 
That lane, or narrow road, which is seen running westAvard 
close by the northern base of Little Round Top, intersects the 
Emmittsburg road, a short distance beyond that grove in your 
front. In the left hand angle Avhere these roads meet is the 
Peach Orchard. General Sickles' line, in the afternoon of the. 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 



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second da}', extended along the Emmittsburg road some dis- 
tance south of Codori's to the Peach Orchard, where it formed 
an angle and passed doAvn in a southeasterly direction through 
and across the woods and fields to your front to the Devil's 




THE W'HEAT FIELD, OR THE SCENE OF THE WHIRLPOOL 
OF THE BATTLE. 

Den, which is about six hundred yards in a southwestern di- 
rection from where you are. Against this line General Long- 
street threw his disciplined and braye fighters, and upon the 
angle at the Peach Oi:chard the fire of sixty cannon was con- 
centrated, until after some of the most desperate fighting that 



20 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 

ever occurred upon this continent, the brave boys in blue 
were compelled to fall baek step by step, covering the ground 
with tlio slain of the two armies. At the same time Hood's 
Texans outflanked Sickles' left by the Devil's Den, and made 
desperate efibrts to capture this hill. Division after division 
from the Second and Fifth Corps Avere sent to assist in driving 
back the enemy, and at length the hill was secure. In that en- 
closed field a little to your right, and across the lane from that 
house, is the Wheat Field. There occurred Avhat is called the 
Whirlpool of the Battle. Regiments from three corps and from 
eight to ten brigades here fought promiscuously. The Con- 
federate lines were also in confusion. The scene, as the men 
advanced and then fell back, and fought in a circle and 
through and aljout each other, resembled a huge whirlpool, and 
suggested the title given to the battle at this place. Hundreds 
on each side here fell, and the ground was drenched with 
human gore. It may be said of this Wheat Field and the Peach 
Orchard, that upon no other two places of equal extent upon 
the American continent, — excepting, probably, the Bloody 
Angle at Sj^ottsylvania, — were so many human lives lost, 
and so much human blood shed. I annex a view of this 
historic place. 

This view is from the west, and shows the bloody lane, the 
-Zook monument, and Little Round Top beyond the Wheat 
Field. While the exultant enemy were pressing our troops, 
Ayers' division of Regulars charged down into the abyss be- 
fore you, and across the rocky space into those woods, but were 
driven back with the loss of half their number. An officer who 
participated in the charge says that such was the confusion, 
the fire and smoke, the cries and shouts of the contending 
forces, that it seemed like "going down into hell." The space 
in front of you, where this great struggle occurred, is called 
"The Valley of Death," a view of which we give. It also af- 
fords a fine view of both Little and Big Round Tops. 

In the terrific struggle for the possession of Round Top, the 



22 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 

Confederates came up the ravine, between Big and Little 
Round Top, a short distance to the left, and attacked the 
Federals in flank and roar. At this juncture, Avhen tlie result 
of the struggle seemed to be so nearly decided in favor of the 
Confederates, the Pennsylvania Reserves, under the gallant 
Crawford, charged, and with tremendous cheers da.'^hed upon 
the foe, and drove them at the point of the bayonet down the 
slope, over the "Valley of Death," and across a stone fence which 
ran parallel with the eastern line of the Wheat Field. This 
point the gallant Pennsylvanians held to the close of the bat- 
tle of the following day, when after the repulse of Pickett's 
assault, they made another charge and regained the ground 
lost by Sickles the day before. Big Bound Top, just south of 
you, had been occupied by Confederate sharp-shooters, and iu 
the evening after Longstreet's repulse, a detachment of Penn- 
sylvania Reserves drove them away and took possession of the 
hill and held it until the final repulse of the enemy. - Its ab- 
rupt, precipitous, and rocky sides prevented artillery from being 
taken to its summit ; hence it was of but comparatively little 
value, and little effort was made for its possession. All along 
that lane which runs westward by the Wheat Field, and among 
those rocks and boulders south of it, are monuments and tab- 
lets, which mark the places where noble and heroic men fell. 
Among them is that monument in the Wheat Field to General 
Zooh ; the magnificent monument to Colonel Elli><, of the One 
Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York, surmounted by his 
statue in marble, a little to the left and justbeyoml the Devil's 
Den ; and that humble stone tablet, which is seen across the 
"Valley of Death," marks the place where Colonel Frederick 
Taylor, of the Bucktails, met his fate. All about Trostle's, to 
the right of the Wheat Field, the battle raged with terrible 
fury, and the ground was covered with the slain. The DeviVs 
Den, that wonderful freak of nature, and the home of Con- 
federate sharp-shooters, by whose deadly aim so many promi- 
nent officers fell, is seen about six hundred yards in front, and 



THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 



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a little to the left. A'isitors should, if possible, visit the places 
named, all of which, except the Peach Orchard, which is about 
a mile distant, are within easy reach. 

Before dismissing this picture, there is one more view which 
is of special importance. Turn your eyes now to the grove 
which stands upon Seminary Ridge, directly west of Codori's, 
which is seen away off to your right, alongside the Emmitts- 




ENTRANCE TO THE DEVIL's DEN. 

burg road (the grove is toward the top of the picture), and 
you have the place where Pickett's great assaulting column 
formed, and from Avhich they came. The ground from that 
ridge to the Federal line, past Codori's, was the scene of their 
great charge, and the artillery planted upon this hill decimated 
their ranks as it ploughed through and through them. 

Big Round Top, as already stated, was not of so much im- 
portance, and comparatively little fighting was done for its 



24 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 

possession. If able to do a little climbing, by all means go to 
the top of this hill. Stone steps wind up to its summit, upon 
Avhich stands an observatory, from which you will have a view 
of sublimity and grandeur, as well as of historic interest, which 
has few equals anywhere. Upon a clear day, and without the 
aid of a glass, Hanover and Littlestown to the east, Taney- 
town to the south, and Emmittsburg to the southwest, can be 
seen. Even the hills below Frederick, bordering on the Poto- 
mac, are visible. With the aid of a glass, the view is, of course, 
more extensive and satisfactory. In the fields to the east, 
sheltered by these hills, part of the immense wagon-train of 
the army was parked. The greater part was left in the neigh- 
borhood of Westminster. Upon that elevated ground west of 
you the Confederate right rested, and in the ravine which 
intervenes, Kilpatrick made his famous dash upon the Con- 
federates while Pickett's charge was in progress. In this charge 
the gallant Farnsworth, promoted to the command of a bri- 
gade but the Sunday before, fell. Visitors, if they have gone 
to Round Top by either the railroad, or the Emmittsburg pike, 
should return to the town by the avenue, which runs along 
the Federal line. Tablets and monuments of exquisite design, 
and some of them executed at great expense, are found all 
along this avenue. These mark the places where distinguished 
men fell, as well as where the various corps, divisions, brigades, 
and regiments fought. The different States whose sons fought 
upon this field, are vying with one another in erecting these 
memorials. They are to be seen standing everywhere — all 
over the field of strife. These, with the hundreds which will 
yet be erected, in connection with the sacred associations of the 
place, will make the Battle-field of Gettysburg a place of the 
greatest interest upon the American continent during all the 
ages to come. 



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"Tiie Great Invasion^ and What is Said About It. 



Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: — "Anew and interesting book on Gettys- 
burg has just appeared. It is full of valuable material, and is especiall}' 
satisfadlory in describing the situation in the secflion of Pennsylvania occu- 
pied by Lee, from his arrival to his departure. It has a particula-r as well 
as general merit as an historical war book." 

Ohio Slate Jon rnal: — " 'The Great Invasion,' by Jacob Hoke, is probabh- 
the most complete history j'et given to the public, upon one of the greatest 
of the campaigns of the Civil War. The author was an eye-witness of what 
he relates, and has spent years in collecting from official records the fund of 
information he imparts. Mr. Hoke has not only made this the work of his 
life, but he is a man of such ability and experience as to be full}-^ equal to the 
great task. For years he has been a valuable contributor to periodicals, and 
is the author of different works of merit and interest." 

Colonel A. K. McClure, Philadelphia Daily Times: — "In the great quantity 
of war literature that now floods the book market, there is much that is not 
worthy of preservation as im-ortant to the future historian of our late Civil 
War; but there are occasional works which furnish invaluable contributidns 
to the true history of the great events of the war. One of these is a large 
and neatly printed and illustrated volume, of over six hundred pages, en- 
titled, 'The Great Invasion,' written and compiled by Jacob Hoke, and giving 
the only complete, and certainly the most accurate history of General Lee's 
invasion of 1863, and the decisive battle of Gettysburg. With his full data, 
aided by a tenacious and accurate memory, and enlarged and fortified by all 
the voluminous events developed by the best of writers on the Gettj'sburg 
campaign, Mr. Hoke has combined in one compadl volume, the most impar- 
tial, full, and entertaining history of Lee's invasion of 1S63, and the great 
battle of Gett3'sburg, that has ever been given to the public, and it is an in- 
dispensable book in every library that pretends to instruA the new genera- 
tion in regard to the most sanguinary and decisive battle of the war." 

"Central Branch, 1 

"National Home for Dis.^bled Volunteer Soldiers, | 

"Gener.\l M. R. Patrick, Governor. j" 

"Natio-NAL Military Home, January 21, 1887. J 

^'W.J. Shuey, Dayton, Ohio: 

" My Dear Sir: I am very greatly obliged to you for the beautiful volume 
placed in my hands this day, with the compliments of the publisher. It is 
the onlj' continuous history of the Pennsylvania invasion of which I have 
any knowledge, and, as I have before said to you, it is written conscien- 
tiously, and, so far as fadls and details are concerned, far more truthfully than 
any work I have yet seen, relating to the great struggle. No civilian, nor 
any other person not acquainted with the ' inside of things,' could judge cor- 
redlly of some things about which he has passed opinions; but, in this free 
country, every man expresses his opinions freely, whether with or without 
the data necessary to form a corre(5l conclusion. This work has less of these 
' opinions ' than almost any of the writings I have seen in conne(5lion with 
the war, and I regard it as an exceedingly valuable addition to our war his- 
tory. Very sincerely yours, "M.R.Patrick." 



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The Great Invasion; 



General Lee in Pennsjlv.ima. 



BV JACOB HOKE. 



The fullest, most exadt, and most elaborate account of the Gettysburg 
campaign yet written. The result of twenty years of careful 
«ti5dy, comparison, and compilation from all avail- 
able sources. The only Authentic His- 
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"The Great Invasion," and What is Said About It. 



Xew York Times: "A magazine article occasionally comes from such a 
source, but less often a book of 600 pages. Mr. Hoke's qualifications for his 
task are stated thus: 'He resided in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during 
the entire period of the War of the Rebellion, and for a score of years pn- 
vious, and ev^r since; he not only witnessed all the armed hosts. Federal and 
Confederate, which passed through that place, but had access to their camps 
and hospitals; ... he visited the field of battle, and noted fadls and inci- 
dents,' etc. The author goes into the whole subje(5l of the campaign," 

" W. J. skuEY. — ZVar Sir: I have never had anj' experience in the line 
of canvassing for books, but as I was a soldier in the Eighty-third P. V., 
and w^held the sjiace of ground between the two Round Tops — now called 
the VaOey of Death — (with the rest of our brigade, the Forty-fourth New 
York, Sixteenth Michigan, and Twentieth Maine), and distindlly remember- 
ing how Kx. looked then, the cut you sent me is the only corre<5i representa- 
tion I ever saw, and also other parts of the field. I think I can do a good 
work with it among the old comrades, as several have said they would like it. 
"Yours, Rev. H.' J. Green." 



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